KONDO Natsuko

Researcher Name
KONDO Natsuko
Div (Section) name/title
Biodiversity Division（Environmental Genomics Office）／Head
Research Subject
Application of environmental DNA to monitoring of biodiversity
DNA barcoding of freshwater organisms
Research on the maintenance of insect diversity in urban parks
Degree(s)
Ph.D
Professional Qualification(s)
Biology
Environmental Speciality Field
Biodiversity
Membership of Academic Society
Ecological Society of Japan,The Japanese Society of Applied Entomology and Zoology,The Society of Population Ecology

Research Subject

  • Fiscal Year: 2025

    • 27212 : Biological responses, acclimations, adaptations, and resiliencies to environmental changes
    • 27213 : Research on problem solving using ecosystem functions
    • 27215 : Integrative research toward balancing conservation and use of biodiversity and behavior change
    • 27221 : Study for sustainable society based on regional collaboration
    • 27233 : Research on evaluation and clarification of effects and mechanisms of climate change
    • 27248 : Biodiversity Domain: Foresight and Advanced Basic Research
    • 27249 : Biodiversity Domain: Policy-Oriented Research
    • 27250 : Biodiversity Domain: Intellectual Research Infrastructure Development
    • 27271 : The impacts of summer heatwaves on the metabolism, growth, and survival of cold-water freshwater fishes.
    • 27363 : Intellectual research infrastructure development：Systematic monitoring, development of information on impact prediction and adaptation, and development of tools in the field of climate change adaptation
    • 27424 : Investigation of associations between biodiversity and children’s health and presentation of health related nature positive indice
    • 27439 : Research on the distribution and ecology of the native fishes of Lake Biwa
    • 27447 : Advancing the environmental DNA metabarcoding robust against detection errors
    • 27452 : Research on methods for project-level biodiversity monitoring for biodiversity credit creation
    • 27493 : Monitoring and estimation of the climatic change effects on Japanese natural lakes

  • Fiscal Year: 2024

    • 26826 : Biological responses, acclimations, adaptations, and resiliencies to environmental changes
    • 26827 : Research on problem solving using ecosystem functions
    • 26828 : Integrative research toward balancing conservation and use of biodiversity and behavior change
    • 26836 : Study for sustainable society based on regional collaboration
    • 26848 : Research on evaluation and clarification of effects and mechanisms of climate change
    • 26866 : Biodiversity Domain: Foresight and Advanced Basic Research
    • 26867 : Biodiversity Domain: Policy-Oriented Research
    • 26869 : Biodiversity Domain: Intellectual Research Infrastructure Development
    • 26885 : The impacts of summer heatwaves on the metabolism, growth, and survival of cold-water freshwater fishes.
    • 26934 : Research on the distribution and ecology of the native fishes of Lake Biwa
    • 26938 : Investigation on dispersion of herbicide-resistance genes
    • 26949 : Monitoring and estimation of the climatic change effects on Japanese natural lakes
    • 27043 : Advancing the environmental DNA metabarcoding robust against detection errors
    • 27064 : Research on methods for project-level biodiversity monitoring for biodiversity credit creation
    • 27100 : Intellectual research infrastructure development：Systematic monitoring, development of information on impact prediction and adaptation, and development of tools in the field of climate change adaptation
    • 27121 : Investigation of associations between biodiversity and children’s health and presentation of health related nature positive indice

  • Fiscal Year: 2023

    • 26417 : Biological responses, acclimations, adaptations, and resiliencies to environmental changes
    • 26418 : Research on problem solving using ecosystem functions
    • 26419 : Integrative research toward balancing conservation and use of biodiversity and behavior change
    • 26425 : Study for sustainable society based on regional collaboration
    • 26435 : Research on evaluation and clarification of effects and mechanisms of climate change
    • 26454 : Biodiversity Domain: Foresight and Advanced Basic Research
    • 26455 : Biodiversity Domain: Policy-Oriented Research
    • 26456 : Biodiversity Domain: Intellectual Research Infrastructure Development
    • 26556 : Monitoring and estimation of the climatic change effects on Japanese natural lakes
    • 26632 : Advancing the environmental DNA metabarcoding robust against detection errors
    • 26661 : Research on the distribution and ecology of the native fishes of Lake Biwa
    • 26664 : Assessment of metal impacts on aquatic insects using environmental DNA by developing a database of highly reliable DNA references
    • 26669 : Species richness of seed banks and selection of protected areas in aquatic macrophytes
    • 26732 : Elucidation of the dynamics of endogenous benthic-derived DNA in sediments and its potential application in the field.
    • 26736 : Intellectual research infrastructure development：Systematic monitoring, development of information on impact prediction and adaptation, and development of tools in the field of climate change adaptation

  • Fiscal Year: 2022

    • 25981 : Biological responses, acclimations, adaptations, and resiliencies to environmental changes
    • 25982 : Research on problem solving using ecosystem functions
    • 25983 : Integrative research toward balancing conservation and use of biodiversity and behavior change
    • 25989 : Study for sustainable society based on regional collaboration
    • 26001 : Research on evaluation and clarification of effects and mechanisms of climate change
    • 26012 : Biodiversity Domain: Foresight and Advanced Basic Research
    • 26013 : Biodiversity Domain: Policy-Oriented Research
    • 26014 : Biodiversity Domain: Intellectual Research Infrastructure Development
    • 26115 : Development and validation of methods for species diversity assessment based on environmental DNA analyses that account for detection errors
    • 26168 : Watershed ecosystem restoration based on the recovery of migration pass and diadromous fish habitat using eDNA
    • 26203 : Research on the distribution and ecology of the native fishes of Lake Biwa
    • 26257 : Water level operation for ecosystem regime management of lakes
    • 26258 : Assessment of metal impacts on aquatic insects using environmental DNA by developing a database of highly reliable DNA references
    • 26293 : Intellectual research infrastructure development：Systematic monitoring, development of information on impact prediction and adaptation, and development of tools in the field of climate change adaptation
    • 26305 : Study on Sustainable Ecosystem Management of River Watersheds toward Climate-Change Adaptation
    • 26341 : Monitoring and estimation of the climatic change effects on Japanese natural lakes
    • 26342 : Species richness of seed banks and selection of protected areas in aquatic macrophytes

  • Fiscal Year: 2021

    • 25514 : Biological responses, acclimations, adaptations, and resiliencies to environmental changes
    • 25515 : Research on problem solving using ecosystem functions
    • 25516 : Integrative research toward balancing conservation and use of biodiversity and behavior change
    • 25522 : Study for sustainable society based on regional collaboration
    • 25535 : Research on evaluation and clarification of effects and mechanisms of climate change
    • 25644 : Monitoring and estimation of the climatic change effects on Japanese natural lakes
    • 25674 : Intellectual research infrastructure development：Systematic monitoring, development of information on impact prediction and adaptation, and development of tools in the field of climate change adaptation
    • 25706 : Watershed ecosystem restoration based on the recovery of migration pass and diadromous fish habitat using eDNA
    • 25707 : Assessment of metal impacts on aquatic insects using environmental DNA by developing a database of highly reliable DNA references
    • 25774 : Water level operation for ecosystem regime management of lakes
    • 25809 : Biodiversity Domain: Foresight and Advanced Basic Research
    • 25810 : Biodiversity Domain: Policy-Oriented Research
    • 25811 : Biodiversity Domain: Intellectual Research Infrastructure Development
    • 25836 : Species richness of seed banks and selection of protected areas in aquatic macrophytes
    • 25838 : Development and validation of methods for species diversity assessment based on environmental DNA analyses that account for detection errors
    • 25868 : Research on the distribution and ecology of the native fishes of Lake Biwa
    • 25910 : Study on Sustainable Ecosystem Management of River Watersheds toward Climate-Change Adaptation
    • 25912 : Study on the relationship between rainwater infiltration capacity and biodiversity of green spaces

  • Fiscal Year: 2020

    • 25098 : Harmonization with Nature Research Program
    • 25140 : Evaluation of Ecosystem Functions and Services and their Sustainable Use
    • 25196 : Project for the Promotion of Environmental Genomics Studies
    • 25327 : Studies on Advancing the Methods for Climate Change Impacts Assessment
    • 25390 : Study on Sustainable Ecosystem Management of River Watersheds toward Climate-Change Adaptation
    • 25432 : Research into Observation, Monitoring and Detection of Climate Change and Resultant Impacts
    • 25437 : Watershed ecosystem restoration based on the recovery of migration pass and diadromous fish habitat using eDNA
    • 25438 : Studies on conservation and ecosystem management of Lake Biwa

  • Fiscal Year: 2019

    • 24695 : Harmonization with Nature Research Program
    • 24720 : Evaluation of Ecosystem Functions and Services and their Sustainable Use
    • 24792 : Studies on conservation and ecosystem management of Lake Biwa
    • 24841 : Multi-dimensional evaluation of ecosystem services of wetlands and establishment of Japanese wetland database
    • 24858 : Project for the Promotion of Environmental Genomics Studies
    • 24975 : Studies on Advancing the Methods for Climate Change Impacts Assessment
    • 25029 : Watershed ecosystem restoration based on the recovery of migration pass and diadromous fish habitat using eDNA
    • 25056 : Research into Observation, Monitoring and Detection of Climate Change and Resultant Impacts

  • Fiscal Year: 2018

    • 24303 : Evaluation of ecosystem functions and services and their sustainable use
    • 24354 : Harmonization with Nature Research Program
    • 24401 : Watershed Ecosystem Restoration based on the recovery of migration pass and diadromous fish habitat using eDNA
    • 24446 : Project for The Promotion of Environmental Genomics studies

  • Fiscal Year: 2017

    • 23825 : Evaluation of ecosystem functions and services and their sustainable use
    • 23845 : Harmonization with Nature Research Program
    • 23968 : Establishment and application to lake ecosystem of next generation monitoring system
    • 23970 : Project for The Promotion of Environmental Genomics studies
    • 24031 : Conservation study of grassland: evaluating habitat networks of insects with landscape genetics.
    • 24173 : Studies on conservation and ecosystem management of Lake Biwa

  • Fiscal Year: 2016

    • 23408 : Harmonization with Nature Research Program
    • 23413 : Evaluation of ecosystem functions and services and their sustainable use
    • 23462 : Establishment and application to lake ecosystem of next generation monitoring system
    • 23484 : Project for The Promotion of Environmental Genomics studies
    • 23764 : Conservation study of grassland: evaluating habitat networks of insects with landscape genetics.

  • Fiscal Year: 2015

    • 23007 : Research project on observation and evaluation of landscape and genetic aspects of biodiversity
    • 23064 : Diversity and water quality index of insects of the family Chironomidae investigated with DNA barcoding
    • 23072 : Establishment and application to lake ecosystem of next generation monitoring system
    • 23126 : Diversity of intestinal bacterial community in freshwater fish
    • 23276 : Conservation study of grassland: evaluating habitat networks of insects with landscape genetics.

  • Fiscal Year: 2014

    • 22595 : Research project on observation and evaluation of landscape and genetic aspects of biodiversity
    • 22698 : Diversity and water quality index of insects of the family Chironomidae investigated with DNA barcoding
    • 22729 : Diversity of intestinal bacterial community in freshwater fish
    • 22888 : Development of methodology for biological monitoring in freshwater by using environmental DNA and next generation sequencer

  • Fiscal Year: 2013

    • 22179 : Research project on observation and evaluation of landscape and genetic aspects of biodiversity
    • 22215 : Diversity and water quality index of insects of the family Chironomidae investigated with DNA barcoding
    • 22375 : Manipulating cosmopolitan species with endosymbionts revealing mechanisms of speciation
    • 22376 : Biodiversity of butterflies and its related environmental factors in urban greeneries
    • 22416 : Extinction probability of the big bagworm, Eumeta variegata,due to the invasive parasitoid,　Nealsomyia rufella

  • Fiscal Year: 2012

    • 21750 : Research Project on Observation and Evaluation of Landscape and Genetic Aspects of Biodiversity
    • 21857 : Extinction probability of the big bagworm, Eumeta variegata, by the exotic parasitoid, Nealsomyia rufella
    • 21939 : Manipulating cosmopolitan species with endosymbionts revealing mechanisms of speciation
    • 21951 : Biodiversity of butterflies and its related environmental factors in urban greeneries
    • 22137 : Diversity and water quality index of insects of the family Chironomidae investigated with DNA barcodding

  • Fiscal Year: 2011

    • 21407 : Research Project on Observation and Evaluation of Landscape and Genetic Aspects of Biodiversity
    • 21414 : A Key to a highly productive mangrove ecosystem-The role of the nitrogen fixing bacteria
    • 21578 : Evaluation of urban ecosystems as a network of urban greenery
    • 21600 : Extinction probability of the big bagworm, Eumeta variegata, by the exotic parasitoid, Nealsomyia rufella
    • 21691 : Manipulating cosmopolitan species with endosymbionts revealing mechanisms of speciation

  • Fiscal Year: 2010

    • 20850 : Preliminary investigation of DNA barcoding of algae and chironomids massively growing in inland waters
    • 20951 : Cryptic species of the adzuki bean beetle and possible cause of its reproductive isolation by Wolbaciha
    • 20952 : Population regulation through apparent competition
    • 20953 : Comparison of butterfly fauna and analysis of its dispersal among patchy green spaces in urban ecosystem
    • 21255 : Evaluation of urban ecosystems as a network of urban greenery

  • Fiscal Year: 2009

    • 20664 : Population regulation through apparent competiton
    • 20665 : Cryptic species of the adzuki bean beetle and possible cause of its reproductive isolation by Wolbaciha
    • 20667 : Comparison of butterfly fauna and analysis of its dispersal among patchy green spaces in urban ecosystem

  • Fiscal Year: 2008

    • 20140 : Cryptic species of the adzuki bean beetle and possible cause of its reproductive isolation by Wolbaciha
    • 20141 : Population regulation through apparent competiton
    • 20221 : Investigation for genetic base of morphological variation and mechanism of speciation

  • Fiscal Year: 2007

    • 10448 : development of control methods of ecological risks caused by using bumblebee as pollinator
    • 10552 : Investigation for genetic base of morphological variation and mechanism of speciation
    • 10693 : Prevalence survey and its ecological aspects of an amphibian disease chytridiomycosis among wild and captive amphibians in Japan
    • 10736 : Cryptic species of the adzuki bean beetle and possible cause of its reproductive isolation by Wolbaciha

  • Fiscal Year: 2006

    • 10169 : development of control methods of ecological risks caused by using bumblebee as pollinator
    • 10289 : Investigation for genetic base of morphological variation and mechanism of speciation
    • 10318 : Development of environmental risk assessment methods with reference to biodiversity and ecosystem functioning
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  • Fish assemblage structure in the Sarufutsu River revealed by environmental DNA
    Presenter : Matsuzaki S., Kondo N.
    Name of Society : "Global Conservation of the World's Largest Trout" A Workshop convened by IUCN Salmonid Specialist Group (2026)
    Name of Proceedings : -
  • Evaluation of Japanese eel Habitat using Environmental DNA Analysis and GIS in Japan
    Presenter : Kameyama S., Kondo N., Matsuzaki S., Nakajima N.
    Name of Society : Round Table on Eel Management 2023 (2023)
    Name of Proceedings : -
  • DNA Barcoding, Environmental DNA and an Ongoing Attempt of Detecting Biodiversity in Lake Kasumigaura
    Presenter : Kondo N., Nakagawa M., Matsuzaki S., Ueno R., Takamura K., Ito H.
    Name of Society : The 13th International Symposium on Integrated Field Science, Conservation and Utilization of Biodiversity (2016)
    Name of Proceedings : Abstracts
  • Fish researches using eDNA in NIES
    Presenter : Kondo N.
    Name of Society : IUCNレッドリストワークショップ「ユーラシア大陸に生息する希少サケ科魚類タイメンとフーヘンに関する専門家会議」 (2023)
    Name of Proceedings : -
  • DNA barcoding of Japanese chironomids
    Presenter : Kondo N., Ueno R., Takamura K.
    Name of Society : Unraveling Biodiversity from DNA - From the Management of Databases to the Use of Next Generation Sequencers - (2014)
    Name of Proceedings : Abstracts, 10
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